The Beekeeper’s Companion Since 1861
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Contents – October 2026

- October 1, 2026 -

International Honey Market Report
Ron Phipps – 1051

Autumn Reads
Rusty Burlew, Dewey Caron, Tina Sebestyen – 1059

THE CLASSROOM
Jamie Ellis – 1063

BEEKEEPING BASICS
Winter Preparation and Hive Management in the South
Tara Chapman – 1067

The Forest Estate Agency
Graham Kingham – 1073

THE CURIOUS BEEKEEPER
Weather to Fly
Rusty Burlew – 1077

PLAIN TALK BEEKEEPING
The Lowly Hive Tool
James Tew – 1083

A Trade War — With Beekeeping Caught in the Middle
Charles Linder – 1089

When the Hurry Fades
Bill Kaufman – 1090

BEES AND BEEKEEPING, PAST AND PRESENT
Soon Winter Will Be Here: Venting Condensation From the Observation Hive, See It Happen
Wyatt A. Mangum – 1093

How and Why a Colony Increases the Ventilation of Its Home When the CO2 Level Inside It Becomes High
Thomas D. Seeley – 1101

New Analysis of Anderson’s 1943 Experiment on Ventilation of Hives Turns Anderson’s Conclusion Upside Down
Derek Mitchell – 1105

Oooh, that Smell … Goldenrod and Asters Provide Essential Fall Nutrition for Honey Bees
Ed Szymanski – 1107

The Secret Ingredient: How Plants and Bees Turn Air into Honey
John Caldeira – 1111

Insights From the Southern Queen Breeders Workshop
Jori Lakes, Kate Anton, Garett Slater, James Barnes, Krispn Given, Kaira Wagoner, Jeffrey W. Harris, Esmaeil Amiri – 1115

The Conservation of Native Bees of Britain and Ireland
Norman carreck – 1119

Short-term Effects of Oxalic Acid on the Colony
Daniele Besomi, Randy Oliver – 1127

A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Why Are We Talking Down Honey
Charles Linder – 1135

Hawaiian Beekeeping and the Endangered Native Bees
Nam Chi Anoche – 1139

The Day I Almost Burned Down Bowdoinham
Daniel Dolan – 1141

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